Re: Don't tell the Missus...

Ha! You have a habit of encouraging your friends to spend lots of money. I seem to remember being introduced to a certain bespoke bicycle maker... Chris On 15 Jan 2017 20:00, "Bob W-PDML" wrote: > A friend of mine has been expressing a barely-controllable desire for a >

Re: Don't tell the Missus...

Excellent photo! Very well seen and captured. 2017-01-15 20:59 GMT+01:00 Bob W-PDML : > A friend of mine has been expressing a barely-controllable desire for a > certain brand of camera, so back in November I took him to the Leica store > in Mayfair... > >

Re: Don't tell the Missus...

Loved it! Perfect title, BTW. Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822

Re: 2017 Photo Annual Update

I'm working on it.:-) On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 4:35 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > We're two weeks into the image submittal period and things are moving > along. I'd like to get more photos uploaded early this year, though. > The last-minute rush is always a lot of extra

Re: Sad news this morning

Had the same headline in our morning paper. Back when it was not an animal rights statement, nor was it P.C., my mother took me and my little sister to see the Ringling Brothers circus when it was still a Big Top. They stopped their train by an open field in downtown Oklahoma City by a

Re: Don't tell the Missus...

And I don't even get any commission! Thanks all for your generous comments, B > On 16 Jan 2017, at 09:57, Chris Mitchell wrote: > > Ha! You have a habit of encouraging your friends to spend lots of money. I > seem to remember being introduced to a certain bespoke

Re: 2017 Photo Annual Update

David J Brooks wrote: >I'm working on it.:-) I got Annsan's photos this morning so it's a good day already! -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: 2017 Photo Annual Update

I respond well to nagging ann On 1/16/2017 10:35 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: David J Brooks wrote: I'm working on it.:-) I got Annsan's photos this morning so it's a good day already! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: 2017 Photo Annual Update

Hmm. To participate this year, I'll either have to pull out the K-01 and snap a few photos or mine my archives for unpublished keepers from my Pentax equipment years. Examining my archive showed that I didn't use anything but Leica (and Polaroid) gear for all of 2016. I don't see that

Re: PESO Poke stack

I could say something but I won't. Alan C -Original Message- From: Larry Colen Sent: Monday, January 16, 2017 6:41 PM To: Pentax-Discuss List Subject: PESO Poke stack Last night, I had dinner at a Hawaiian restaurant called the Pono grill. One of the items on their menu was something

Re: Some recent snaps

On 16 Jan 2017, at 17:15, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Bob W-PDML wrote: > >> My Lightroom PC has been on the blink for a while, now restored but probably >> due for renewal. In that time I have been taking some pictures, mostly with >> the Leica M 262. >> >> Here is a

Re: Some recent snaps

Yes, I imagine it must be quite something! B > On 16 Jan 2017, at 17:32, Alan C wrote: > > Very interesting gallery, Bob. I'll have to try & tack down the RH book in > this one: > > http://www.web-options.com/Jan17/content/L1000374_large.html > > That garden looks about as

Re: Some recent snaps

Very interesting gallery, Bob. I'll have to try & tack down the RH book in this one: http://www.web-options.com/Jan17/content/L1000374_large.html That garden looks about as wild as mine! Alan C -Original Message- From: Bob W-PDML Sent: Monday, January 16, 2017 6:55 PM To:

Re: PESO Poke stack

Jeez Larry, when hipsters instagram their lunch, they usually use a cell phone. Isn't a K-1 a bit of overkill? That pun is just waffle. On 1/16/2017 11:41 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Last night, I had dinner at a Hawaiian restaurant called the Pono grill. One of the items on their menu was

Re: PESO Poke stack

In Norwegian, that expression involves cats rather than pigs. Guess the chef would have been sacked to put that on the menu. Jostein Den 16.01.2017 17.41, skrev Larry Colen: Last night, I had dinner at a Hawaiian restaurant called the Pono grill. One of the items on their menu was something

Re: PESO Poke stack

Oooo!!! J Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 16, 2017, at 8:41 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > > Last night, I had dinner at a Hawaiian restaurant called the Pono grill. One > of the items on their menu was something they called a poke' stack, which > looked interesting. I saw that

Re: Some recent snaps

Bob W-PDML wrote: >My Lightroom PC has been on the blink for a while, now restored but probably >due for renewal. In that time I have been taking some pictures, mostly with >the Leica M 262. > >Here is a selection, from the West End of London, the Queen's Orchard in >Greenwich, and a day-trip

Re: Sad news this morning

On 1/16/2017 9:13 AM, Morris Galloway wrote: Had the same headline in our morning paper. Back when it was not an animal rights statement, nor was it P.C., my mother took me and my little sister to see the Ringling Brothers circus when it was still a Big Top. They stopped their train by an open

Re: Some recent snaps

Nice snaps. - Marco > On Jan 16, 2017, at 8:55 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote: > > My Lightroom PC has been on the blink for a while, now restored but probably > due for renewal. In that time I have been taking some pictures, mostly with > the Leica M 262. > > Here is a

Re: Some recent snaps

Interesting! Incidentally, you may have also noticed, I believe most current lenses are somewhat sharper. J Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 16, 2017, at 10:09 AM, Alan C wrote: > > Managed to find two thumbnails of the Cape Town Docks online. > >

Wazzup with the PDML annual?

Only nine photographers have submitted so far. Get your act together. Or your photo archive, or something. Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the

Re: Some recent snaps

Managed to find two thumbnails of the Cape Town Docks online. https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/18061/lot/291/ Sam Alexander, an American Publisher, came to SA? in 1880 & bought photos for the book. Selling prices are as high as R25000. There must be copies in the bigger libraries. Alan C

Re: Some recent snaps

Those images do Leica proud. J I Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 16, 2017, at 8:55 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote: > > My Lightroom PC has been on the blink for a while, now restored but probably > due for renewal. In that time I have been taking some pictures, mostly with > the

Re: PESO Poke stack

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017, at 02:39 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > > On 1/16/2017 10:29 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2017, at 02:16 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 6:50 PM, Brian Walters > >> wrote: > >> OK - I've got to ask. What on

Re: PESO Poke stack

On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 6:50 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > OK - I've got to ask. What on earth is 'poke'? It's Poke, not a poke: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poke_(fish_salad) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/poke-bowl-recipes_us_5743abb0e4b0613b512b1bfd

Re: PESO Poke stack

On 1/16/2017 10:29 PM, Brian Walters wrote: On Tue, Jan 17, 2017, at 02:16 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 6:50 PM, Brian Walters wrote: OK - I've got to ask. What on earth is 'poke'? It's Poke, not a poke:

Re: PESO Poke stack

I buy Costco poke too. I usually manage to get it home. It's like a mini Hawaiian vacation. :-) Paul via phone > On Jan 16, 2017, at 8:16 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > > Brian Walters wrote: >> OK - I've got to ask. What on earth is 'poke'? > > Basically the Hawaiian word

Re: Just calibrated my monitor.

With PJ's discovery of this app, maybe someone can get some use out of this...I have a Spyder2 gathering dust on the shelf that someone can have for the cost of shipping. Ten bucks will get you Priority Mail to anyone in the lower 48. Contact me off list if interested. -p On 1/16/2017

Re: PESO Poke stack

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017, at 02:16 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 6:50 PM, Brian Walters > wrote: > > > OK - I've got to ask. What on earth is 'poke'? > > > It's Poke, not a poke: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poke_(fish_salad) >

Re: PESO Poke stack

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017, at 12:16 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > Brian Walters wrote: > > OK - I've got to ask. What on earth is 'poke'? > > Basically the Hawaiian word for ceviche. > OK - I'm not going to ask :-)> Cheers Brian -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.com - A no graphics, no

Re: PESO Poke stack

Certainly looks authentic. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 6:03 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >> How did you like the poke? It looks great. Poke is my favorite >> Hawaiian >> dish, followed by

Re: PESO Poke stack

Paul Stenquist wrote: I buy Costco poke too. I usually manage to get it home. It's like a mini Hawaiian vacation. :-) I've been thinking of getting some mango to go with it. I hear that poke' mango was very popular a couple of months ago. Paul via phone On Jan 16, 2017, at 8:16 PM,

Re: PESO Poke stack

Now you've let the cat out of the bag. On January 16, 2017 10:44:15 AM PST, Jostein wrote: >In Norwegian, that expression involves cats rather than pigs. >Guess the chef would have been sacked to put that on the menu. >Jostein > >Den 16.01.2017 17.41, skrev Larry Colen: >> Last

Re: Wazzup with the PDML annual?

On 1/16/2017 1:45 PM, Jostein wrote: Only nine photographers have submitted so far. Get your act together. Or your photo archive, or something. Jostein Some of us have a much more difficult time finding the requisite images to submit. I almost wrote "good" images, but that would be just too

Re: Some recent snaps

Cool. I've been there. It's changed a bit. B > On 16 Jan 2017, at 18:11, Alan C wrote: > > Managed to find two thumbnails of the Cape Town Docks online. > > https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/18061/lot/291/ > > Sam Alexander, an American Publisher, came to SA? in 1880 & bought

Re: Just calibrated my monitor.

A very good find. My spyder didn't see any use in many many years. Today it's back online and calibrated my old Dell monitor. Next is an old HP notebook with very bad colors out of the box. Thanks! Toine On 16 January 2017 at 08:39, P. J. Alling wrote: > Well the

Re: PESO - 'Smiley Face'

Thank you Philip, Alan, Paul and ann for commenting. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Philip Northeast" Subject: Re: PESO - 'Smiley Face' Lovely and colourful and I like the angle of view Philip

Re: PESO Poke stack

The same thing actually. That pig in a poke often turned out to be a cat once you did let it out of the bag. On 1/16/2017 1:44 PM, Jostein wrote: In Norwegian, that expression involves cats rather than pigs. Guess the chef would have been sacked to put that on the menu. Jostein Den 16.01.2017

Re: Sad news this morning.

Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "John" Subject: Re: Sad news this morning. On 1/15/2017 4:31 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: I like elephant. It tastes like beef. JUST KIDDING Actually more like

Re: Some recent snaps

Nice to see what others are capturing - thanks for sharing Bob. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Bob W-PDML" Subject: Some recent snaps My Lightroom PC has been on the blink for a while, now restored

Re: Wazzup with the PDML annual?

Forget about images I'm proud of, I'm reduced to searching for images I'm not ashamed of. MARK ! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "John" Subject: Re: Wazzup with the PDML annual? On 1/16/2017 1:45

Re: Some recent snaps

Great series, Bob! I especially loved the heads among the hedges . . . . Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 11:55 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote: > My Lightroom PC has been on the blink for a while, now restored but > probably >

Re: Some recent snaps

Ce qu'ilCotty dit :-) I particularly love the black and white Erwittian ones... , but enjoyed the whole tour... ann On 1/16/2017 4:28 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 16/1/17, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: Here is a selection, from the West End of London, the Queen's Orchard in

Re: PESO Poke stack

Daniel J. Matyola wrote: How did you like the poke? It looks great. Poke is my favorite Hawaiian dish, followed by seared Ahi. Kahlua pork not so much. It was pretty good. www.ponohawaiiangrill.com/ It was their spicy mauna loa poke stack http://www.ponohawaiiangrill.com/site/?p=829

Re: PESO Poke stack

How did you like the poke? It looks great. Poke is my favorite Hawaiian dish, followed by seared Ahi. Kahlua pork not so much. I am on Maui now, and had poke on Saturday. Every supermarket and fish store advertises "Poke made fresh Daily," and the TV anchors whine every time there is a

Re: Some recent snaps

Thanks ann, and everyone else. I didn't know there were any Erwittian ones! ;0) B > On 16 Jan 2017, at 22:58, ann sanfedele wrote: > > > Ce qu'ilCotty dit :-) > > > I particularly love the black and white Erwittian ones... , but enjoyed the > whole tour... > > ann > >>

Re: PESO Poke stack

On 16/1/17, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: >Jeez Larry, when hipsters instagram their lunch, they usually use a cell >phone. Isn't a K-1 a bit of overkill? MARK -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --

Re: Some recent snaps

Excellent stuff Bob. In particular, this one grabs me http://www.web-options.com/Jan17/content/L1000358_large.html Chris On 16 Jan 2017 16:56, "Bob W-PDML" wrote: > My Lightroom PC has been on the blink for a while, now restored but > probably > due for renewal. In that

Re: Some recent snaps

On 16/1/17, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: >Here is a selection, from the West End of London, the Queen's Orchard in >Greenwich, and a day-trip with some francocinephile friends to Paris, where >we walked along the canal down to the river and from there to the >Cinematheque via the

Re: Wazzup with the PDML annual?

What's worse is, maybe they've gone down. On 1/16/2017 6:51 PM, Jostein wrote: Or maybe your standards have gone up? Jostein Den 16.01.2017 21.31, skrev John: On 1/16/2017 1:45 PM, Jostein wrote: Only nine photographers have submitted so far. Get your act together. Or your photo archive,

Re: PESO Poke stack

OK - I've got to ask. What on earth is 'poke'? Cheers Brian On Tue, Jan 17, 2017, at 09:15 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > How did you like the poke? It looks great. Poke is my favorite > Hawaiian > dish, followed by seared Ahi. Kahlua pork not so much. > > I am on Maui now, and had poke

Re: PESO Poke stack

It used to be something on facebook. Jostein Den 17.01.2017 00.50, skrev Brian Walters: OK - I've got to ask. What on earth is 'poke'? Cheers Brian On Tue, Jan 17, 2017, at 09:15 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: How did you like the poke? It looks great. Poke is my favorite Hawaiian dish,

Re: Wazzup with the PDML annual?

Or maybe your standards have gone up? Jostein Den 16.01.2017 21.31, skrev John: On 1/16/2017 1:45 PM, Jostein wrote: Only nine photographers have submitted so far. Get your act together. Or your photo archive, or something. Jostein Some of us have a much more difficult time finding the

Re: PESO Poke stack

Wait here while I find a sharp stick, and I'll show you... On 1/16/2017 6:50 PM, Brian Walters wrote: OK - I've got to ask. What on earth is 'poke'? Cheers Brian On Tue, Jan 17, 2017, at 09:15 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: How did you like the poke? It looks great. Poke is my favorite

A puzzlement...

I see from the archives at this hour (7:20 pm EST) there have been 50 posts to PDML today , 1/16/17 However, I only have 26 in my PDML folder... which includes one of two posts that I made in reply to someone else... Has anyone any clue why this could be happening? Doug, I worry that my

Re: Wazzup with the PDML annual?

Jostein wrote: >Or maybe your standards have gone up? "We've upped our standards. Up yours!" ;-) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

PESO Poke stack

Last night, I had dinner at a Hawaiian restaurant called the Pono grill. One of the items on their menu was something they called a poke' stack, which looked interesting. I saw that for a couple bucks more, it came with kahlua pork. When it came, it turns out that the pork was on the side so I

Re: Sad news this morning.

On 1/15/2017 4:31 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: I like elephant. It tastes like beef. JUST KIDDING Actually more like lamb. Your not lion to us are you? Bear with me. Now you're just floundering. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never

Some recent snaps

My Lightroom PC has been on the blink for a while, now restored but probably due for renewal. In that time I have been taking some pictures, mostly with the Leica M 262. Here is a selection, from the West End of London, the Queen's Orchard in Greenwich, and a day-trip with some francocinephile

Re: Sad news this morning.

On 1/15/2017 2:06 PM, Eric Weir wrote: On Jan 15, 2017, at 1:10 PM, Alan C wrote: We have two touring circuses in SA, the relocated Mongolian & Boswell-Wilkie. Both have animal acts. They are still well supported here. The Elephants, horses & camels are big drawcards. These

Re: Some recent snaps

On 1/16/2017 11:55 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote: My Lightroom PC has been on the blink for a while, now restored but probably due for renewal. In that time I have been taking some pictures, mostly with the Leica M 262. Here is a selection, from the West End of London, the Queen's Orchard in Greenwich,

Re: PESO Poke stack

Brian Walters wrote: OK - I've got to ask. What on earth is 'poke'? Basically the Hawaiian word for ceviche. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to